GalCiv: The graphics
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Since the betas don't include much of the multimedia for downloading reasons, it's probably useful to tell you what the final game will have in terms of multimedia that you're not seeing in the betas so that you have a better idea of what the overall impact.
Intro:
When you launch the game there is a 3 minute narrative cut scene that gives the back story to the game.
The main menu will have a fully animated backgrond and nicer looking menu panels.
When you start the game there's a 1 minute cut scene showing your star base.
When you first do major things in the game (colonize, build star bases, create a trade route, etc) there is a cut short (3 or 4 second) cut scene that shows what is occurring.
There are lengthy cut scenes for every type of game ending.
There may be cut scenes for some of the random events.
There will be many more planetary surface graphics that are much nicer than the ones we have.
The constructor units will be different per race.
There may be graphic updates to the invasion screen image to show different surfaces and such.
That's the main difference. There will be other graphical enhancements here and there but things like the battles themselves aren't going to be changed.
Intro:
When you launch the game there is a 3 minute narrative cut scene that gives the back story to the game.
The main menu will have a fully animated backgrond and nicer looking menu panels.
When you start the game there's a 1 minute cut scene showing your star base.
When you first do major things in the game (colonize, build star bases, create a trade route, etc) there is a cut short (3 or 4 second) cut scene that shows what is occurring.
There are lengthy cut scenes for every type of game ending.
There may be cut scenes for some of the random events.
There will be many more planetary surface graphics that are much nicer than the ones we have.
The constructor units will be different per race.
There may be graphic updates to the invasion screen image to show different surfaces and such.
That's the main difference. There will be other graphical enhancements here and there but things like the battles themselves aren't going to be changed.
